ty to each of these charges. Have you anything to
say?--any explanation to offer for your reckless, disorderly conduct?"

The prisoner swallowed nervously and shuffled with his feet. "Guess I
was drunk," he said finally, "didn't know what I was doin'."

The inspector's grey eyes glittered coldly. "So?" he drawled ironically,
"the sergeant's evidence is to the contrary. It would appear that you
were not so very drunk. You were neither staggering nor incapable at the
time. It was merely a rehearsal of a cheap bit of dime novel sort of
bar-room, rough-house black-guardism that no doubt in various other
places you have got away with and emerged the swaggering hero. Where do
you come from? Whom are you working for now?"

"Havre, Montana. I'm ridin' fur th' North-West Cattle Company."

"Ah! well, let me tell you that sort of stuff doesn't go over on this
side, my man." He considered a moment and picked up a Criminal Code.
"In view of your pleading guilty to these charges, and therefore not
wasting the time of this court unnecessarily, I propose dealing with you
in more lenient fashion than you deserve. For being unlawfully in
possession of firearms you are fined twenty dollars and costs. For
'pointing fire-arms,' fifty dollars and costs. On the charge of
'resisting the police in the execution of their duty' you are sentenced
to six months imprisonment with hard labour in the Mounted Police
Guard-room at Calgary. You are also required to make restitution for all
damage caused as the result of your fracas."

Moran squirmed and mumbled: "If I've got t' do time on the one charge I
might as well do it on th' rest, an' save th' money fur t' pay fur th'
damage."

"Very good!" agreed the inspector coldly. He bent again to his confrere
and they conferred awhile. Then he turned to the prisoner. "Thirty days
hard labour then--on each of the first two charges--sentences to run
concurrently." He paused a space, resuming sternly: "And let me tell you
this, Moran: in view of certain wild threats uttered by you in public you
have narrowly escaped being charged with the greatest of all crimes. It
is indeed a fortunate thing for you that you have been able to produce a
reliable alibi. All right, Sergeant! you can close the court. Make out
that warrant of commitment and I and Mr. Gully will sign it later. We're
going over to see the coroner."

The two Justices arose and passed out, the few witnesses and onlookers
dr